Designed by Mies van der Rohe in 1956, the refined minimalism of Crown Hall prompted Time Magazine to call it "one of the world's most influential, inspiring and astonishing structures." Located on the IIT campus in Chicago, Crown Hall has been designated a National Historic Landmark.

Photo: Balthazar Korab, circa 1968; Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division; digital restoration by Modernist Collection

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In the late 1940s, Mies van der Rohe designed the Edith Farnsworth House for a wooded area outside of Chicago. The refined, minimalist structure quickly became a Modernist icon.

Now open to the public as a beautifully-maintained house museum -- put it on your bucket list!

Photo: Carol Highsmith; Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division

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The most influential design school in the modern era, Germany's Bauhaus Dessau was designed in 1925 by Walter Gropius.

Photo: Chris Schroeer-Heiermann; https://www.flickr.com/pho...

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In 1934, the Bauhaus-influenced Hoffmann House was built for a Hungarian statistics scientist. Located in Budapest, the geometric structure was designed by architect József Fischer.

Photographer unknown; digital restoration by Modernist Collection)

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